Incidents

Some of the seized cocaine-laden boxes
Crime & Piracy

Cocaine totalling 1.2 tons seized at Ecuador's Guayaquil Port

Will Xavier
Port of Novorossiysk
Acts of War

Ukrainian drone attack on Russian naval base disables two grain terminals

Reuters
Indonesian ferry KMP Putri Yasmin on fire
Incidents

Another Indonesian ferry fire leaves one dead, 172 rescued

Reuters
Firefighters attempt to help put out the blaze in the engine room of the reefer ship Dole Colombia at the Port of Wilmington in Delaware, August 10, 2026.
Incidents

Fire ignites on reefer ship in Wilmington, Delaware

Gareth Havelock
Lake Kariba as seen from the International Space Station, May 4, 2002. The 200-kilometre man-made lake lies along the border between Zambia (north) and Zimbabwe (south).
Accidents

VIDEO | Zimbabwe lake ferry tragedy leaves 15 dead, 27 missing

Gareth Havelock
USCGC Vincent Danz, the US Coast Guard's 62nd Sentinel-class fast response cutter
Search and Rescue

Search suspended for missing boat with nine people aboard in Federated States of Micronesia

Will Xavier
Map showing both the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait
Incidents

Two separate ship attacks reported off Pakistan and in Bab el-Mandeb

Reuters
Era, formely known as Bella 1 and Marinera
Tankers

US Government quietly cashes in on two seized sanctioned oil tankers

Reuters
MSC Michigan VII
Accidents

Vessel operator, chief engineer sentenced over runaway ship incident in Charleston, South Carolina

Gareth Havelock
Primula Seaways
Accidents

Ro-Ro vessel refloated following grounding off Dutch coast

Gareth Havelock
The sanctioned Russian tanker Marinera being intercepted by US forces in the Atlantic
Crime & Piracy

"Shadow fleet" tanker captain gets 10 months' jail time in US for evading arrest

Gareth Havelock
Liberty Island with the Statue of Liberty
Crime & Piracy

Documents reveal boat involved in fatal capsizing in New York Harbor was used for illegal charters

Jens Karsten
Olimpex Coupe Grain Terminal at the Port of Odessa, Ukraine
Acts of War

Zelenskiy calls out Moscow after strikes hit key Ukrainian port

Reuters
COLUMN | Summer Shorts 2026: The Odyssey; You Can't Win; the Nord Stream conspiracy; fake tan/fake ministry [Offshore Accounts]
Offshore

COLUMN | Summer Shorts 2026: The Odyssey; You Can't Win; the Nord Stream conspiracy; fake tan/fake ministry [Offshore Accounts]

Hieronymus Bosch
Kayak Princess
Accidents

Two dead after jumping overboard from charter boat in Grenada

Jens Karsten
Liberty Island with the Statue of Liberty
Accidents

Boat capsizing leaves two dead near Liberty Island, New York

Gareth Havelock
Min Jiang Kou COSCO Shipping COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute Fujian Shipbuilding Industry Group
Accidents

Fire ignites on car carrier off Costa Rica; all on board rescued

Jens Karsten
An image showing the collision between Yangze 7 and the tug Miss Peggy
Accidents

NTSB: Cell phone distraction led to fatal Houston ship collision

Alan Bosworth
The Congo River near Kisangani, DR Congo
Inland passenger

Passengers of intercepted Congo river boat cleared of Ebola threat

Reuters
Mediterranean Sea
Crime & Piracy

Spain breaks up gang that smuggled over 2,000 illegal migrants by sea

Reuters
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